Module nix::net::if_

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Network interface name resolution.

Uses Linux and/or POSIX functions to resolve interface names like “eth0” or “socan1” into device numbers.

Structs§

  • Interface
    A network interface. Has a name like “eth0” or “wlp4s0” or “wlan0”, as well as an index (1, 2, 3, etc) that identifies it in the OS’s networking stack.
  • InterfaceFlags
    Standard interface flags, used by getifaddrs
  • Interfaces
    A list of the network interfaces available on this system. Obtained from if_nameindex().
  • InterfacesIter
    An iterator over the interfaces in an Interfaces.

Functions§

  • if_indextoname
    Resolve an interface number into an interface.
  • if_nameindex
    Retrieve a list of the network interfaces available on the local system.
  • if_nametoindex
    Resolve an interface into an interface number.

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